1957 Ryder Cup

Golf tournament in England August 2019 Ryder Cup 1957 4–5 October 1957 Lindrick Golf Club Worksop, England Great Britain USA Dai Rees Jack Burke Jr. 7 4 Great Britain wins England 1 53.336 -1.173 type:event it The 12th Ryder Cup Matches were held 4–5 October 1957 at Lindrick Golf Club near Worksop, England. The Great Britain team, led by captain Dai Rees, beat the United States team by a score of 7 to 4 points, and won the Ryder Cup for the first time since 1933.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=czFWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8uYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5366%2C1973299 Spokesman-Review Associated Press British golfers stun Americans; win Ryder Cup 6 October 1957 2-sportshttps://www.si.com/vault/1957/10/21/605520/britannia-rules Sports Illustrated Longhurst Henry Britannia rules October 21, 1957 49 On the first day of competition was the Americans dominated the foursomes, winning three of the four matches. Dick Mayer and Tommy Bolt's 7 & 5 win over Britain's Christy O'Connor and Eric Brown was the largest margin of victory on day one. The British rallied on the second day of competition, starting with the first two singles matches. Brown recorded a 4 & 3 victory over Bolt, and Peter Mills defeated U.S. captain Jack Burke Jr. to draw Britain level at 3 to 3. The Americans responded when Fred Hawkins won his match against Peter Alliss, however Britain won the next four matches. Great Britain won the Ryder Cup when O'Connor defeated Dow Finsterwald, giving the British team 7 points. Harry Bradshaw and Mayer halved the final singles match to bring the final score to 7 to 4, with Britain gaining 6 points in the eight singles matches. Dai Rees therefore became only the third - and final - captain of the Great Britain side to lift the Ryder Cup as winning captain. Great Britain would never win the Ryder Cup again, and the Great Britain & Ireland team that competed in 1973, 1975 and 1977 never won the cup. It would not be until 1985 that a non-American (Tony Jacklin, as captain of the Europe team) would lift the trophy. Format The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point. From 1927 through 1959, the format consisted of 4 foursome (alternate shot) matches on the first day and 8 singles matches on the second day, for a total of 12 points. Therefore, 6 points were required to win the Cup. All matches were played to a maximum of 36 holes. Sir Stuart Goodwin The event was supported by Sir Stuart Goodwin. He offered the P.G.A. £10,000 to host the match at Lindrick, the gate money going to the P.G.A. who were responsible for all payments in connection with the match.The Times 7 March 1956 16 Ryder Cup match of Yorkshire course - £10,000 offer accepted With gate receipts of £16,127 the £10,000 donation enabled the P.G.A. to make a record profit of about £11,000 out of the event.The Times 4 December 1957 16 £11,000 Ryder Cup profit - Extra prize money Teams Source: http://www.pga.org/sites/default/files/assets/library/Media/mg_2015_rc.pdf 2016 Ryder Cup Media Guide September 26, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150927104329/http://www.pga.org/sites/default/files/assets/library/Media/mg_2015_rc.pdf September 27, 2015 dead A new system of selection was used for the Great Britain team. A points system based on performances over a two-year period ending after the 1957 Open Championship was used. Winners of the 1957 Open Championship and the 1957 News of the World Match Play were guaranteed places provided they were British. The remaining places to complete the team of 10 were selected from the points list.The Times 21 December 1955 3 Helping the golf spectator - Innovations by the P.G.A. Following the 1957 Open, nine places were finalised, the leading nine in the point list: Brown, Weetman, Bradshaw, Bousfield, Alliss, Rees, Faulkner, O'Connor and Hunt. Mills was 10th in the list.The Glasgow Herald 6 July 1957 5 Ryder Cup team - Nine places now filled Rees was again chosen as the captain.The Times 17 July 1957 3 Sport in brief - Golf With O'Connor winning the News of the World Match Play, Mills became the last member of the team. The 1957 Amateurs–Professionals Match was played at Lindrick in early August. It was intended that the match would be between the Ryder Cup and Walker Cup teams, to give both teams some competitive experience and for the Ryder Cup team to gain experience of the Lindrick course. In the event, two of the Ryder Cup team, Christy O'Connor Snr and Harry Weetman were ill and replaced by Eric Lester and local professional, 49-year-old Jack Jacobs.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DH1AAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rKMMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1921%2C3796929 Amateurs and Professionals at Lindrick – O'Connor and Weetman absent The Glasgow Herald 6 2 August 1957 GBR 50px Team Great BritainNameAgePreviousRyder CupsMatchesW–L–HWinningpercentageWAL 1953 Dai Rees – captain 44 6 10 2–7–1 25.00ENG Peter Alliss 26 1 2 0–2–0 0.00ENG Ken Bousfield 38 3 2 1–1–0 50.00IRL Harry Bradshaw 43 2 4 2–2–0 50.00SCO Eric Brown 32 2 4 2–2–0 50.00ENG Max Faulkner 41 4 7 1–6–0 14.29ENG Bernard Hunt 27 1 2 0–1–1 25.00ENG Peter Mills 26 0 RookieIRL Christy O'Connor Snr 32 1 1 0–1–0 0.00ENG Harry Weetman 36 3 5 1–4–0 20.00 USA 1912 50px Team USANameAgePreviousRyder CupsMatchesW–L–HWinningpercentageJack Burke Jr. – captain 34 3 6 6–0–0 100.00Tommy Bolt 41 1 2 2–0–0 100.00Dow Finsterwald 28 0 RookieDoug Ford 35 1 2 2–0–0 100.00Ed Furgol 40 0 RookieFred Hawkins 34 0 RookieLionel Hebert 29 0 RookieTed Kroll 38 2 3 2–1–0 66.67Dick Mayer 33 0 RookieArt Wall Jr. 33 0 Rookie Notables absent from the U.S. team included Sam Snead, Jimmy Demaret, and Cary Middlecoff;https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4WdQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7g8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=5791%2C5222487 Milwaukee Sentinel Associated Press Absence on Ryder team irks Snead September 30, 1957 5, part 2 Ben Hogan last played in 1951. Friday's foursome matches GBR 50px Results USA 1912 50pxAlliss/HuntUSA 1912 2 & 1Ford/FinsterwaldBousfield/ReesGBR 3 & 2Wall/HawkinsFaulkner/WeetmanUSA 1912 4 & 3Kroll/BurkeO'Connor/BrownUSA 1912 7 & 5Mayer/Bolt 1 Session 3 1 Overall 3 18 hole scores: Ford/Finsterwald: 1 up, Bousfield/Rees v Wall/Hawkins: all square, Kroll/Burke: 1 up, Mayer/Bolt: 3 up.The Times 5 October 1957 10 United States two up in Ryder match - Rees and Bousfield Britain's only foursomes winners - Weetman and Faulkner disappoint: left out of singles Saturday's singles matches GBR 50px Results USA 1912 50pxEric BrownGBR 4 & 3Tommy BoltPeter MillsGBR 5 & 3Jack Burke Jr.Peter AllissUSA 1912 2 & 1Fred HawkinsKen BousfieldGBR 4 & 3Lionel HebertDai ReesGBR 7 & 6Ed FurgolBernard HuntGBR 6 & 5Doug FordChristy O'ConnorGBR 7 & 6Dow FinsterwaldHarry BradshawhalvedDick Mayer 6 Session 1 7 Overall 4 18 hole scores: Brown: 4 up, Mills: 5 up, Hawkins: 1 up, Bousfield: 5 up, Rees: 4 up, Hunt: 1 up, O'Connor/Finsterwald: all square, Mayer: 1 up.The Times 7 October 1957 12 Ryder Cup retained after 24 years - Rees's team magnificent in the singles - Astounding U.S. collapse Individual player records Each entry refers to the win–loss–half record of the player. Source: Great Britain Player Points Overall Singles FoursomesPeter Alliss 0 0–2–0 0–1–0 0–1–0Ken Bousfield 2 2–0–0 1–0–0 1–0–0Harry Bradshaw 0.5 0–0–1 0–0–1 0–0–0Eric Brown 1 1–1–0 1–0–0 0–1–0Max Faulkner 0 0–1–0 0–0–0 0–1–0Bernard Hunt 1 1–1–0 1–0–0 0–1–0Peter Mills 1 1–0–0 1–0–0 0–0–0Christy O'Connor 1 1–1–0 1–0–0 0–1–0Dai Rees 2 2–0–0 1–0–0 1–0–0Harry Weetman 0 0–1–0 0–0–0 0–1–0 United States Player Points Overall Singles FoursomesTommy Bolt 1 1–1–0 0–1–0 1–0–0Jack Burke Jr. 1 1–1–0 0–1–0 1–0–0Dow Finsterwald 1 1–1–0 0–1–0 1–0–0Doug Ford 1 1–1–0 0–1–0 1–0–0Ed Furgol 0 0–1–0 0–1–0 0–0–0Fred Hawkins 1 1–1–0 1–0–0 0–1–0Lionel Hebert 0 0–1–0 0–1–0 0–0–0Ted Kroll 1 1–0–0 0–0–0 1–0–0Dick Mayer 1.5 1–0–1 0–0–1 1–0–0Art Wall Jr. 0 0–1–0 0–0–0 0–1–0 Weetman suspension At a meeting on 21 October, Harry Weetman was suspended by the executive committee of the P.G.A. for twelve months. This was following his actions after being left out of the second day singles matches. Weetman had declared that he would never play in any Ryder Cup again if Rees were the captain. Weetman was unable to play in P.G.A. events.The Times 22 October 1957 15 P.G.A. suspend Weetman - Action over Ryder Cup conduct The decision was upheld at the annual meeting of the P.G.A. in November.The Times 21 November 1957 16 P.G.A. decision upheld - No reprieve for Weetman Following an appeal from Rees the P.G.A. lifted the suspension on 17 April 1958.The Times 30 April 1958 5 P.G.A. lifts Weetman's suspension - Recommendation by Rees Ryder Cup Reunion Foursomes Tournament In 1964, Stuart Goodwin sponsored a £1,000 Ryder Cup Reunion Foursomes tournament at Hallamshire Golf Club. Each member of the successful Britain and Ireland team from the 1957 Ryder Cup was paired with a Yorkshire or Nottinghamshire professional in the 72-hole foursomes event, played over two days. Christy O'Connor was ill and was replaced by a local professional.https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-guardian/133472514 B.J. Hunt and Snell have best round The Guardian 12 September 1964 12 Newspapers.com Ken Bousfield and Alex Caygill won the event with a score of 292, two ahead of three couples on 294.https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-guardian/133472537 Bousfield and Caygill win by two strokes The Guardian 14 September 1964 14 Newspapers.com References 2 http://www.rydercup.com/2006/europe/history/results/1957.html https://web.archive.org/web/20061022153405/http://www.rydercup.com/2006/europe/history/results/1957.html dead 22 October 2006 Ryder Cup 2006 » History » 1957 Results The PGA of America, Ryder Cup Limited, and Turner Sports Interactive 2007-03-15 https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/golf/5346488.stm Ryder Cup history: 1957 BBC Sport 2007-03-15 2006-09-14 External links PGA of America: 1957 Ryder Cup About.com: 1957 Ryder Cup https://web.archive.org/web/20140108150128/http://golf.about.com/od/teamcompetitions/p/rydercup1957.htm 8 January 2014 Category:Ryder Cup Category:Golf tournaments in England Category:Sport in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham Category:Sports competitions in Yorkshire Ryder Cup Ryder Cup Ryder Cup